Awards: ESA Awards [general policies]
George Mercer Award
The Mercer Award is given for an outstanding ecological research paper published within the past two years by a younger researcher (the lead author of the paper must be 40 years of age or younger at the time of publication). If the award is given for a paper with multiple authors, all authors will receive a certificate, and those 40 years of age or younger at the time of publication will share the monetary prize. Nominees may be from any country and need not be ESA members.
| Year | Author Name(s) | Paper Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Pieter T. J. Johnson and Jason T. Hoverman | Parasite diversity and coinfection determine pathogen infection success and host fitness. (2012) PNAS 109(23):9006–9011. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1201700109 |
| 2012 | A. C. Staver and S. Archibald, with Simon Levin | Tree cover in sub-Saharan Africa: Rainfall and fire constrain forest and savanna as alternative stable states. Ecology 92:1063–1072. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/10-1684.1 |
| 2011 | Tracy Langkilde | Invasive fire ants alter behavior and morphology of native lizards. Ecology 90:208–217. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/08-0355.1 |
| 2010 | Meghan A. Duffy and Spencer R. Hall | Selective predation and rapid evolution can jointly dampen effects of parasites on Daphnia populations. American Naturalist 171:499–510. |
| 2009 | Richard A. Lankau Coauthor: Sharon Y. Strauss |
Mutual feedbacks maintain both genetic and species diversity in a plant community. Science 317:1561–1563. |
| 2008 | Jonathan M. Chase |
Drought mediates the importance of stochastic community assembly. PNAS 104:17430–17434. |
| 2007 | Jordi Bascompte Coauthors: Pedro Jordano, Jens M. Olesen |
Asymmetric coevolutionary networks facilitate biodiversity maintenance. Science 2006. 312:431–433). |
| 2006 | Anurag Agrawal |
Resistance and susceptibility of milk-weed: competition, root herbivory and plant genetic variation. Ecology 82:2118–2133. |
| 2005 | Daniel Bolnick, Richard Svanbacck, James Fordyce, Louis Yang,
Jeremy Davis, Darrin Hulsey,
and Matthew Forister |
The ecology of individuals: incidence and implications of individual specialization. American Naturalist 161:1–28. |
| 2004 | John Stachowicz, Heather Fried, Richard Osman, and Robert Whitlatch |
Biodiversity, Invasion Resistance, and Marine Ecosystem Function: Reconciling Pattern and Process. Ecology 83:2575–2590. |
| 2003 | Jean M.L. Richardson |
The relative roles of adaptation and phylogeny in determination of larval traits in diversifying Anuran lineages. American Naturalist 157:282–299. |
| 2002 | Jonathan Levine |
Species Diversity and Biological Invasions: Relating Local Process to Community Pattern. Science 288:852–854. |
| 2001 | Brian Enquist Co-authored with G.W. West, E.L. Charnov, and J.H. Brown. |
Allometric scaling of production and life-history variation in vascular plants. Nature 408:750. |
| 2000 | David Hooper Co-authored with P.M. Vitousek |
Effects of plant composition and diversity on nutrient cycling. Ecological Monographs 68:121–149. |
| 1998 | Greg Dwyer, Joseph S. Elkinton, and John P. Buonaccorsi |
Host heterogeneity in susceptibility and disease dynamics: tests of a mathematical model. The American Naturalist 150:685–707. |
| 1999 | Mark A. McPeek |
The Consequences of changing the top predator in a food web: a comparative experimental approach. Ecological Monographs 68:1–23. |
| 1997 | Stephen W. Pacala, Charles D. Canham, John Saponara, John Silander, Richard K. Kobe, and Eric Ribbens
|
Forest models defined by field measurements: estimation, error analysis, and dynamics. Ecological Monographs 66:1–44. |
| 1996 | Lars Hedin |
Patterns of nutrient loss from unpolluted, old-growth temperate forests: evaluation of biogeochemical theory. Ecology 76:493–509. |
| 1995 | Shahid Naeem |
Declining biodiversity can alter the performance of ecosystems. Nature 368:734–737. |
| 1994 | J. Timothy Wootton James S. Clark. |
Indirect effects and habitat use in an intertidal community: interaction chains and interaction modification. The American Naturalist 141:71–89. 1991. Fire and climate change during the last 750 yr in northwestern Minnesota. Ecological Monographs 60:135–159. |
| 1993 | Naomi Cappuccino |
The nature of population stability in Eurosta solidaginis , a nonoutbreaking herbivore of goldenrod. Ecology 73:1792–1801. |
| 1992 | Kirk O. Winemiller |
Spatial and temporal variation in tropical fish trophic networks. Ecological Monographs 60:331–367. |
| 1990 | Richard Karban |
Community organization of Erigeron glaucus folivores: effects of competition, predation, and host plant. Ecology 70:1028–1039. |
| 1989 | Russell J. Schmitt |
Indirect interactions between prey; apparent competition, predator aggregation, and habitat segregation. Ecology 68:1887–1897. |
| 1988 | May Roberta Berenbaum co-authored with A.R. Zangerl and J.K. Nitao |
Constraints on chemical coevolution: wild parsnips and the parsnip webworm. Evolution 40:1215–1228. |
| 1987 | Curtis M. Lively |
Competition, comparative life histories, and maintenance of shell dimorphism in a barnacle. Ecology 67:858–864. Predator-induced shell dimorphism in the acorn barnacle Chthamalus anisopoma. Evolution 40:232–242. |
| 1986 | Douglas William Schemske |
Population structure and local selection in Impatiens pallida (Balsaminaceae), a selfing annual. Evolution 38:817–832. |
| 1985 | Peter J. Morin |
Predation, competition, and the composition of larval anuran guilds. Ecological Monographs 53:119–138. |
| 1984 | Phyllis D. Coley |
Herbivory and defensive characteristics of tree species in low-land tropical forest. Ecological Monographs 53:209–233. |
| 1983 | Kenneth P. Sebens . |
Limits to indeterminate growth: an optimal size model applied to passive suspension feeders. Ecology 63:209–222. |
| 1982 | Svata M. Louda |
Distribution ecology: variation in plant recruitment over a gradient in relation to insect seed predation. Ecological Monographs 52:25–41. |
| 1981 | Wayne P. Sousa |
Experimental investigations of disturbance and ecological succession in a rocky intertidal algal community. Ecological Monographs 49:227–254. |
| 1980 | Thomas G. Whitham |
Habitat selection by Pemphigus aphids in response to resource limitation and competition. Ecology 59:1164–1176. |
| 1979 | Jane Lubchenco and Bruce Allen Menge |
Community development and persistence in a low rocky intertidal zone. Ecological Monographs 48:67–94. |
| 1978 | Earl E. Werner |
Species packing and niche complementarity in three sunfishes. The American Naturalist 111:553–578. |
| 1977 | Douglas George Sprugel |
Dynamic structure of wave-regenerated Abies balsamea forests in the north-eastern United States. Journalof Ecology 64:889–911. |
| 1976 | William E. Neill |
Experimental studies of microcrustacean competition, community composition and efficiency of resource utilization. Ecology 56:809–826. |
| 1975 | Peter L. Marks |
The role of pin cherry ( Prunus pensylvanica L.) in the maintenance of stability in northern hardwood ecosystems.Ecological Monographs 44:73–88. |
| 1974 | Paul K Dayton |
Competition, disturbance, and community organization: the provision and subsequent utilization of space in a rocky intertidal community. Ecological Monographs 41:351–389. |
| 1973 | Carl Frederick Jordan |
Relative stability of mineral cycles in forest ecosystems. American Naturalist 106:237–253. |
| 1972 | Joel Ephraim Cohen |
A Markov contingency-table model for replicated Lotka-Volterra systems near equilibrium. American Naturalist 104:547–560. |
| 1971 | Daniel S. Simberloff and Edward Osborne Wilson |
Experimental zoogeography of islands: defaunation and monitoring techniques. Ecology 50:267–278. Experimental zoogeography of islands: the colonization of empty islands. Ecology 50:278–296. Experimental zoogeography of islands: a two-year record of colonization. Ecology 51:934–937. |
| 1970 | No award | |
| 1969 | Lynn White |
The historical roots of our ecological crisis. Science 155:1203–1207. |
| 1968 | Edward Broadhead and Anthony Wapshere |
Mesopsocus populations on larch in England -- the distribution and dynamics of two closely-related coexisting species of Psocoptera sharing the same food resource. Ecological Monographs 36:327–388. |
| 1967 | Robert Harding Whittaker and William Albert Niering » Resolution |
Vegetation of the Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona:A gradient analysis of the south slope.Ecology 46:429–452. |
| 1966 | Crawford Stanley Holling |
The functional response of predators to prey density and its role in mimicry and population regulation. Memoirs, Entomological Society of Canada 45:3–60. |
| 1965 | Kenneth Stafford Norris |
The functions of temperature in the ecology of the percoid fish Girella nigricans (Ayres). Ecological Monographs 33:23–62. |
| 1964 | Orie Lipton Loucks |
Ordinating forest communities by means of environmental scalars and phytosociological indices . Ecological Monographs 32:137–166. |
| 1963 | Joseph H. Connell |
Effects of competition, predation by Thais lapillus, and other factors on natural populations of the barnacle Balanus balanoides. Ecological Monographs 31:61–104. |
| 1962 | Harold A. Mooney and W. Dwight Billings |
Comparative physiological ecology of arctic and alpine populations of Oxyria digyna. Ecological Monographs 31:1–29. |
| 1961 | Robert Allen Norris |
Density, racial composition, sociality, and selective predation in nonbreeding populations of Savannah sparrows.Bird Banding 31(4):173–216. |
| 1960 | Calvin McMillan |
The role of ecotypic variation in the distribution of the central grassland of North America. Ecological Monographs 29:285–308. |
| 1959 | Robert Helmer MacArthur |
Poulation ecology of some warblers of northeastern coniferous forests. Ecology 39:599–619. |
| 1958 | Jerry S. Olson |
Rates of succession and soil changes on southern Lake Michigan sand dunes. Botanical Gazette 119:125–170. |
| 1957 | John Jermyn Christian |
A drenal and reproductive responses to population size in mice from freely growing populations. Ecology37:258–273. |
| 1956 | Howard Thomas Odum and Eugene P. Odum
» Resolution-HTO » Resolution-EPO |
Trophic structure and productivity of a windward coral reef community on Eniwetok Atoll.Ecological Monographs 25:291–320. |
| 1955 | Shelby Delos Gerking |
The food turnover of a bluegill population. Ecology 35:490–498. |
| 1954 | Frederick Herbert Bormann |
Factors determining the role of loblolly pine and sweetgum in early old-field succession in the Piedmont of North Carolina. Ecological Monographs 23:339–358. |
| 1953 | Frank Alois » Resolution |
Ecological overlap and interspecific strife in breeding populations of Anna and Allen hummingbirds. Ecology 32:641–661. |
| 1952 | Robert Baxter Platt |
An ecological study of the Mid-Appalachian shale barrens and of the plants endemic to them. Ecological Monographs 21:269–300. |
| 1951 | Helmut Karl Buechner |
Life history, ecology, and range use in the pronghorn antelope in Trans-Pecos Texas.American Midland Naturalist 43:257–354. |
| 1948 | Henry Paul Hansen |
Postglacial forest succession, climate and chronology in the Pacific Northwest.Transactions, American Philosophical Society 37:1–30. |
| 1950 | Henry Sheldon Fitch |
Outline for ecological life history studies of reptiles. Ecology 30:520–532. |
| 1949 | Edsko Jerry Dyksterhuis |
The vegetation of the western Cross Timbers. Ecological Monographs 18:325–376. |
Eminent Ecologist Award
The Eminent Ecologist Award is given to a senior ecologist in recognition of an outstanding body of ecological work or of sustained ecological contributions of extraordinary merit. Nominees may be from any country and need not be ESA members. Recipients receive lifetime, active membership in the Society.
| Year | Full Name | Date of Birth - Date of Death |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | William Reiners | |
| 2012 | Robert J. Naiman | July 31, 1947 - |
| 2011 | Thomas G. Whitham | |
| 2010 | Simon A. Levin | April 22, 1941 - |
| 2009 | Stephen Philip Hubbell | February 17, 1942 - |
| 2008 | Michael Leo Rosenzweig | June 25, 1941 - |
| 2007 | Otto Lange | August 21, 1927 - |
| 2006 | Daniel Simberloff | April 7, 1942 - |
| 2005 | Lawrence Basil Slobodkin | June 22, 1928 - |
| 2004 | Samuel Joseph McNaughton | August 10, 1939 - |
| 2003 | Richard Bruce Root | September 7, 1936 - |
| 2002 | Charles J. Krebs | September 17, 1936 - |
| 2001 | Paul Ralph Ehrlich | May 29, 1932- |
| 2000 | Robert Treat Paine | April 13, 1933 - |
| 1999 | Crawford S. Holling | December 6, 1930 - |
| 1998 | Gordon Howell Orians | July 10, 1932 - |
| 1997 | Frances Crews James | September 29, 1930 - |
| 1996 | Harold A. Mooney | June 1, 1932 - |
| 1995 | Gene Elden Likens | January 6, 1935 - |
| 1995 | Frederick Herbert Bormann | March 24, 1922 - |
| 1994 | Edward Osborne Wilson | June 10, 1929 - |
| 1993 | Margaret Byron Davis | October 23, 1931 - |
| 1992 | Frank Alois Pitelka » Resolution | March 27, 1916 - October 10, 2003 |
| 1991 | William Dwight Billings | December 29, 1910 - January 4, 1997 |
| 1991 | Nelson George Hairston | October 16, 1917 - July 31, 2008 |
| 1990 | William Edwin Ricker | August 11, 1908 - September 8, 2001 |
| 1989 | George Christopher Williams | May 12, 1926 - September 8, 2010 |
| 1988 | Herbert Groves Andrewartha | December 21, 1907 - January 27, 1992 |
| 1988 | Louis Charles Birch » Resolution | February 8, 1918 - December 19, 2009 |
| 1987 | Archie Fairly Carr, Jr. | June 16, 1909 - May 21, 1987 |
| 1986 | Evelyn Christine Pielou | February 20, 1924 - |
| 1985 | Joseph H. Connell | October 5, 1923 - |
| 1984 | John Lander Harper » Resolution | May 27, 1925 - March 22, 2009 |
| 1983 | Walles Thomas Edmondson » Resolution | April 24, 1916 - January 11, 2000 |
| 1982 | Edward Smith Deevey, Jr. » Resolution | December 3, 1914 - November 29, 1988 |
| 1981 | Robert Hardin Whittaker | December 27, 1920 - October 20, 1980 |
| 1980 | Donald Ward Tinkle | December 3, 1930 - February 21, 1980 |
| 1979 | Rexford F. Daubenmire | December 12, 1909 - August 27, 1995 |
| 1978 | Samuel Charles Kendeigh | December 18, 1904 - November 13, 1986 |
| 1977 | Walton Byron McDougall | December 10, 1883 - December 25, 1980 |
| 1976 | Alton Anthony Lindsay » Resolution | May 7, 1907 - January 2, 2000 |
| 1975 | Cornelius Herman Muller | July 22, 1909 - January 26, 1997 |
| 1974 | Eugene Pleasants Odum » Resolution | September 17, 1913 - August 10, 2002 |
| 1973 | Robert Helmer MacArthur | April 7, 1930 - November 1, 1972 |
| 1972 | Ruth Myrtle Patrick | November 26, 1907 - |
| 1971 | Thomas Park | November 17, 1908 - March 30, 1992 |
| 1970 | Murray Fife Buell | October 6, 1905 - July 3, 1975 |
| 1969 | Stanley Adair Cain | June 19, 1902 - April 1, 1995 |
| 1968 | Victor Ernest Shelford | September 22, 1877 - December 27, 1968 |
| 1967 | Alfred Edwards Emerson | December 31, 1896 - October 3, 1976 |
| 1966 | Alfred Clarence Redfield | November 15, 1890 - March 17, 1983 |
| 1965 | Paul Bigelow Sears | December 17, 1891- April 30, 1990 |
| 1964 | Lee Raymond Dice | July 15, 1887 - January 31, 1977 |
| 1963 | William Skinner Cooper | August 25, 1884 - October 8, 1978 |
| 1962 | George Evelyn Hutchinson | January 30, 1903 - May 17, 1991 |
| 1961 | Charles Sutherlan Elton | March 29, 1900 - Mary 1, 1991 |
| 1960 | Walter Pace Cottam | March 3, 1894 - December 23, 1988 |
| 1959 | Henry Allen Gleason | January 2, 1882 - April 21, 1975 |
| 1958 | Arthur William Sampson | March 27, 1884 - February 7, 1967 |
| 1957 | Karl Patterson Schmidt | June 19, 1890 - September 27, 1957 |
| 1956 | George Burton Rigg | February 9, 1872 - July 10, 1961 |
| 1955 | Albert Hazen Wright | August 15, 1879 - July 5, 1970 |
| 1954 | Henry Shoemaker Conard | September 12, 1874 - October 7, 1971 |
| 1953 | Henry Allen Gleason* | January 2, 1882 - April 21, 1975 |
= "Distinguished Ecologist in Bulletin
Distinguished Service Citation
The Distinguished Service Citation is given to an ecologist for long and distinguished service to the Society, to the larger scientific community, or to the larger purpose of application of ecology in the public welfare.
| Year | Full Name | Date of Birth - Date of Death |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Wes Jackson | January 1, 1936 - |
| 2012 | Janet Lanza | |
| 2011 | Donald R. Strong | |
| 2010 | Rosina M. Bierbaum | |
| 2009 | No award | |
| 2008 | Kay Gross | October 28, 1953 - |
| 2007 | Frank Nicholas Egerton | February 6, 1936 - |
| 2006 | Margaret Ann Palmer | October 22, 1955 - |
| 2005 | James A. MacMahon | April 7, 1939 - |
| 2004 | O. James Reichman | January 4, 1947 - |
| 2003 | Allen M. Solomon | April 29, 1943 - |
| 2002 | H. Ronald Pulliam | September 7, 1945 - |
| 2001 | Louis Frank Pitelka | March 28, 1947 - |
| 2000 | William Robertson IV | September 12, 1943 - |
| 1999 | Robert Knight Colwell | October 9, 1943 - |
| 1998 | Simon Asher Levin | April 22, 1941 - |
| 1997 | Jane Lubchenco | December 4, 1947 - |
| 1996 | Lee Norman Miller | July 9, 1930 - |
| 1995 | Robert Krug Peet | February 14, 1947 - |
| 1994 | Duncan Theunissen Patten | October 13, 1934 - |
| 1993 | Paul Gillan Risser | September 14, 1939 - |
| 1992 | No award | |
| 1991 | No award | |
| 1990 | Donald Buermann Lawrence | March 8, 1911 - April 29, 1996 |
| 1989 | Ralph Edward Good | February 24, 1937 - December 11, 1991 |
| 1988 | Robert Lewis Burgess » Resolution | September 12, 1931 - March 16, 2002 |
| 1987 | Francis Cope Evans » Resolution | December 2, 1914 - August 16, 2002 |
| 1986 | Frank William Preston [ Resolution ] | May 14, 1896 - March 1, 1989 |
| 1985 | Josephine K. Doherty Stanley Irving Auerbach » Resolution |
? May 21, 1921 - May 1, 2004 |
| 1984 | Arthur Wells Cooper | August 15, 1931 - |
| 1983 | David Grover Frey | ? |
| 1982 | John Frederick Reed » Resolution | November 18, 1911 - December 4, 1997 |
| Paul Guy Pearson | December 5, 1926 -August 12, 2000 | |
| 1981 | William Dwight Billings | December 29, 1910 - January 4, 1997 |
| 1980 | No award | |
| 1979 | Forest Walden Stearns » Resolution Paul Guy Pearson |
September 10, 1918 - September 8, 1999 December 5, 1926 -August 12, 2000 |
| 1978 | Frank Edwin Egler | April 26, 1911 - December 26, 1996 |
| 1977 | No award | |
| 1976 | George Sprugel, Jr. » Resolution | September 26, 1919 - September 10, 1999 |
| 1975 | Jack Major » Resolution | March 15, 1917 - February 13, 2001 |
Murray F. Buell Award [policies]
The Murray F. Buell Award is given annually for the outstanding paper presented orally at the Annual Meeting of the Society by an undergraduate or graduate student or a person with a doctorate who has completed defense of thesis within the previous nine months.
| Year | Full Name | Paper Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Kate Boersma | |
| 2012 | Ebony Murrell | Do tradeoffs among colonization ability, competitive ability, and predation govern succession in an aquatic insect community? |
| 2011 | Jennifer M. Talbot | Does lignin composition control litter decay rates? |
| 2010 | Divya Uma | Chemical mediation of prey recognition by spider-hunting wasps. |
| 2009 | Elizabeth Mary Wolkovich | Invasive annual grasses enhance native shrubs and their arthropod communities through abiotic soil effects. |
| 2008 | Charles A. Price Matthew Helmus, honorable mention Shelly Lachish, honorable mention |
Allometric covariation in botanical form and function |
| 2007 | Note: Award shifted to year after presentation; 2007 paper honored in 2008 | |
| 2006 | Carolyn Kurle
Meghan Duffy, honorable mention Volker H. W. Rudolf, honorable mention Jennifer L. Williams, honorable mention |
Introduced rats indirectly alter marine communities. |
| 2005 | Sean Menke
Benjamin Houlton , honorable mention |
Abiotic factors control invasion by ants at the community scale. |
| 2004 | Cynthia Hays
Jennifer Lau , honorable mention Jason S. McLachlan , honorable mention Louie H. Yang , honorable mention |
Ecological consequences of gene flow in an intertidal alga. |
| 2003 | James Vonesh
Nicholas S. G. Williams , honorable mention |
Multi-predator effects across life-history stages: non-additivity of egg- and larval-stage predation in an African treefrog. |
| 2002 | Jacqueline E. Mohan | Do evolutionary legacies impact ecosystem functioning? Genetic variation in decomposition responses to atmospheric CO2. |
| 2001 | Melinda Smith | Loss of subordinate species affects productivity of C4-dominated grassland. |
| 2000 | Jennifer Klug | Interactions between bacteria and phytoplankton affect algal response to nutrients and dissolved organic matter. |
| 1999 | Lynn Adler | Alkaloids increase plant fitness via reduced herbivory and increased pollination. |
| 1998 | Valerie T. Eviner
Anurag A. Agrawal , honorable mention David A. Boughton , honorable mention |
Effects of plant species, elevated CO2, and nutrients on microbial substrate utilization patterns. |
| 1997 | Paul Grogon | Belowground CO 2 flux in Alaskan tundra: effects of climate and vegetation type with regional extrapolation. |
| 1997 | Steven S. Perakis
Rebecca Ostertag , honorable mention |
Nitrogen-starved forest retain tracer-level additions of 15 N. |
| 1996 | Sara C. Hotchkiss
Gary A. Krupnick , honorable mention Nora C. Underwood , honorable mention |
A 29,000-year record of vegetation and fire history from Kohala Mountain, Hawaii. |
| 1995 | Sally D. Hacker
Carla E. Cáceres , honorable mention Robert E. Espinoza , honorable mention William T. Pockman , honorable mention |
Keystone plants: community consequences of a positive plant interaction. |
| 1994 | Michael J. Childress
Milan C. Vavrek , honorable mention |
The ontogenetic habitat shift of juvenile Caribbean spiny lobsters: a test of the growth-mortality trade-off. Bulletin 75(Suppl):36. |
| 1993 | M. Denise Dearing
Ann L. Herzig , honorable mention Suzanne E. Worchester , honorable mention James B. Ferrari , honorable mention |
The manipulation of secondary compounds by the North American pika. Bulletin 74(Suppl):210. |
| 1992 | Sarah E. Hobbie
Catherine E. Pake , honorable mention Collette M. St. Mary , honorable mention Fernando E. Vega , honorable mention |
Increased temperatures in Alaskan tussock tundra result in enhanced net ecosystem CO2 uptake. Bulletin 73(Suppl):209. |
| 1991 | Lisa J. Petit
Erik P. Hemerlynck , honorable mention Nancy Collins Johnson , honorable mention |
Habitat selection by Prothonotary Warblers: A test of the Fretwell-Lucas models. Bulletin 72(Suppl):218-219. |
| 1990 | Robert B. Jackson
Pierre O. Berner , honorable mention Reuven Josef , honorable mention |
Rapid physiological adjustment of roots to localized soil enrichment. Bulletin 71(Suppl):200. |
| 1989 | Don R. Levitan
Martha E. Mather , honorable mention Robert D. Podolsky , honorable mention |
The effect of body size regulation on the population ecology of the sea urchin Diadema antillarum. Bulletin 70(Suppl):181. |
| 1988 | Shahid Naeem
Neil Cobb , honorable mention Michele Holbrook , honorable mention |
Resource-mediated interactions can structure arthropod assemblages in Heliconia wagneriana microcosms. Bulletin 69:244. |
| 1987 | Sharon Y. Strauss
Susan Mopper , honorable mention Shahid Naeem , honorable mention |
Effects of herbivory by two different herbivores on the susceptibility of smooth sumac to abiotic factors . Bulletin 68:424. |
| 1986 | Kate Lajtha
Colleen K. Kelly , honorable mention Christopher F. Sacchi , honorable mention Sharon Y. Strauss , honorable mention |
Biogeochemistry of phosphorus cycling along a calcareous desert soil chronosequence . Bulletin 67:147. |
| 1985 | Deborah O. Raphael | Parent-ramet interconnections: effect on water relations and ramet survival for a desert perennial. Bulletin 66:252. |
| 1984 | Stephen R. Palumbi | Evolution of phenotypic plasticity: evidence that the jack of all trades is master of none. Bulletin 65:268. |
| 1983 | Elaine M. Birk | Nitrogen availability, N cycling and N use efficiency on the Savannah River Plant. Bulletin 64:93. |
| 1982 | Deanna J. Stouder | Effects of a severe weather disturbance on the foraging pattern by a guild of five temperate reef surfperches. Bulletin 63:124-125. |
| 1981 | Becky J. Brown | Productivity and herbivory in high and low diversity tropical successional ecosystems. Bulletin 62:166. |
| 1980 | Andrew Sih | Optimal foraging and the need to avoid predators. Bulletin 61:109. |
| 1979 | John Dacey | A physical pump circulates air through the yellow waterlily. Bulletin 60:95. |
| 1978 | Paul A. Delcourt | Goshen Springs, Alabama: Late Quaternary plant-fossil records for the Gulf Coastal Plain. Bulletin 59:97. |
| 1977 | James R. Ehleringer | The implication of quantum yield on the distribution of C3 and C4 grasses. Abstract not published |
Robert H. MacArthur Award
The Robert H. MacArthur Award is given biannually to an established ecologist in mid-career for meritorious contributions to ecology, in the expectation of continued outstanding ecological research.Nominees may be from any country and need not be ESA members. The recipient is invited to prepare an address for presentation at the annual meeting of the society and for publication in Ecology.
| Year | Full Name | Paper Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Anthony R. Ives | |
| 2010-2011 | Stephen W. Pacala see also here |
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| 2008 | Monica Turner | Disturbance and landscape dynamics in a changing world. (2008) doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/10-0097.1 |
| 2006 | Alan Hastings | Timescales, dynamics, and ecological understanding. (2010) doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/10-0776.1 |
| 2004 | May Berenbaum | |
| 2002 | James Hemphill Brown | J.H. Brown, J.F. Gillooly, A.P. Allen, V.M. Savage, and G.B. West. Toward a metabolic theory of ecology. Ecology 85:1771-1789. |
| 2000 | Stephen Russell Carpenter | Ecological futures: building an ecology of the long now. Ecology 83:2069-2083. |
| 1998 | Robert V. O'Neill | Is it time to bury the ecosystem concept? (With full military honors, of course!). Ecology 82:3275-3284. |
| 1996 | David Tilman | The ecological consequences of changes in biodiversity: A search for general principles. Ecology 80:1455-1474. |
| 1994 | Henry Miles Wilbur | Experimental ecology of food webs: complex systems in temporary ponds. Ecology 78:2279-2302. |
| 1992 | Peter Morrison Vitousek | Beyond global warming: ecology and global change. Ecology 75:1861-1876. |
| 1990 | William W. Murdoch | Population regulation in theory and practice. Ecology 75:271-287. |
| 1988 | Simon Asher Levin | The problem of pattern and scale in ecology. Ecology 73:1943-1967. |
| 1986 | Thomas William Schoener | Food webs from the small to the large.Ecology 70:1559-1589. |
| 1984 | Robert McCreadie May | The search for patterns in the balance of nature: advances and retreats. Ecology 67:1115-1126. |
| 1983 | Robert Treat Paine | Ecological determinism in the competition for space. Ecology 65:1339-1348. |
Honorary Membership Award
Honorary Membership in the Society is given to a distinguished ecologist who has made exceptional contributions to ecology and whose principal residence and site of ecological research are outside of The United States and Canada. Up to three awards may be made in any one year until a total of 20 living Honorary Members is reached.
| Year | Full Name | Institution/Location |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Christian Körner | University of Basel, Switzerland |
| 2012 | Rick Shine | University of Sydney, Australia |
| 2011 | Marten Scheffer | Wageningen University, Netherlands |
| 2010 | No award | |
| 2009 | No award | |
| 2008 | No award | |
| 2007 | Marilyn Ball | Australian National University, Australia |
| 2006 | Suzanne Milton | University of Stellenbosh, South Africa |
| 2005 | Erkki Haukioja | University of Turku, Finland |
| 2004 | No award | |
| 2003 | No award | |
| 2002 | Carlos Herrera | University of Seville, Spain |
| 2001 | Madhav Gadgil | India |
| 2000 | Norman Owen-Smith | University of Witwatersrand, South Africa |
| 1999 | John Robert Lewis | United Kingdom |
| 1998 | Henri Decamps | France, Toulouse |
| 1997 | J. Philip Grime | United Kingdom, Sheffield University |
| 1996 | Stephan Ulfstrand | Sweden, Uppsala University |
| 1995 | Zbigniew Maciej Gliwicz | Poland, Warsaw University University of Sidney |
| 1993 | Enrique H. Bucher | Argentina, University of Cordoba |
| 1992 | Syunro Utida (1913-2005) » Resolution of Respect | Japan, Kyoto University |
| 1991 | No award | |
| 1990 | Juan Carlos Castilla | Chile, Las Cruces Marine Station |
| 1989 | No award | |
| 1988* | Leonid Efimovich Rodin (1907-1990) | U.S.S.R. |
| 1988 | José Sarukhán Kermes | National University of Mexico |
| 1987* | Ramón Margalef (May 20, 1919 - May 23, 2004) | Spain, University of Barcelona |
| 1987 | Ernesto Medina | Venezuela, Institute for Scientific Research |
| 1986 | Jaroslav Hrbácek | Czechozlovakia, Academy of Sciences |
| 1986* | Makoto Numata (November 27, 1917 - December 30, 2001) | Japan, Chiba University |
| 1985 | Eduardo Hugo Rapaport | Argentina, Fundacion Bariloche |
| 1985 | Sir Thomas Richard Edmund | England, University of Oxford |
| 1985* | Heinrich Walter (1898 -1989) | Germany, University of Hohenheim |
* = Deceased
William Skinner Cooper Award
The William Skinner Cooper Award is given to honor an outstanding contributor to the fields of geobotany, physiographic ecology, plant succession, or the distribution of plants along environmental gradients, these being the fields in which W. S. Cooper worked. The award is for a single contribution in a scientific publication (single or multiple authored). Nominees need not be ESA members and can be of any nationality.
| Year | Full Name | Paper Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | J. Thompson, A. Charpentier, G. Bouguet, F. Charmasson, S. Roset, B. Buatois, P. Vernet, and P.-H. Gouyon | Evolution of a genetic polymorphism with climate change in a Mediterranean landscape. In PNAS 2013. doi:10.1073/pnas.1215833110 |
| 2012 | C. Kevin Boyce et al. | Angiosperms helped put the rain in the rainforests: The impact of plant physiological evolution on tropical biodiversity. doi:10.3417/2009143 (2010) |
| 2011 | Margaret B. Davis, Ruth G. Shaw, and Julie R. Etterson | Evolutionary responses to changing climate. Ecology 86:7, pp. 1704–1714 |
| 2010 | Jacquelyn L. Gill, John W. Williams, Stephen T. Jackson, Katherine B. Lininger, and Guy S. Robinson | Robinson for their paper Pleistocene megafaunal collapse, novel plant communities, and enhanced fire regimes. Science 326:100–1103. |
| 2009 | Jerry Jenkins, Glenn Motzkin, and Kirsten Ward | Harvard Forest flora: an inventory, analysis and ecological history. Harvard Forest Paper 28, 2008. 260pp. |
| 2008 | Campbell Webb, David Ackerly, Mark McPeek, and Michael Donaghue | Phylogenies and community ecology. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics. 2002. 33:475–505. |
| 2007 | Paul Fine, Italo Mesones and Phyllis D. Coley |
Herbivores promote habitat specialization by trees in Amazonian forests. Science 2004. 305:663–665. |
| 2006 | Stephen P. Hubbell | The Unified Neutral Theory of Biodiversity and Biogeography. Princeton University Press. |
| 2005 | Daniel Gavin, Linda Brubaker, and Kenneth Lertzman | Holocene fire history of a coastal temperate rain forest based on soil charcoal radiocarbon dates. Ecology 84:186–201. |
| 2004 | John W. Williams, Bryan N. Shuman, and Thompson Webb III | Dissimilarity analyses of Late-Quaternary vegetation and climate in eastern North America. Ecology 82:3346-3362. |
| 2003 | David R. Foster, Glenn Motzkin, and Benjamin Slater | Land-use history as long-term broad-scale disturbance: regional forest dynamics in central New England. Ecosystems 1:96–119. |
| 2002 | Nigel C.A. Pitman, J.W. Terborgh, M. R. Silman, P.V. Nunez, D. A. Neill, C.E. Cern, W.E Palacios, and M. Aulestia. | Dominance and distribution of tree species in upper Amazonian terra firme forests. Ecology 82:2101–2117. |
| 2001 | Thomas Swetnam and Julio Betancourt | Mesoscale disturbance and ecological response to decadal climate variability in the American Southwest. Journal of Climate 11:3128–3147. |
| 2000 | Paul Dayton, Mia Tegner, Peter Edwards, and Kristin Riser | Temporal and spatial scales of kelp demography: the role of oceanographic climate. Ecological Monographs 69:219–250. |
| 1999 | Dominique Arseneault and Serge Payette | Landscape change following deforestation at the arctic tree line in Québec, Canada. Ecology 78:693–706. |
| 1998 | Andrea H. Lloyd and Lisa J. Graumlich | Holocene dynamics of treeline forests in the Sierra Nevada. Ecology 78:1199–1210. |
| 1997 | Christopher C. Fastie | Causes and ecosystem consequences of multiple pathways of primary succession at Glacier Bay, Alaska. Ecology 76:1899–1916. |
| 1996 | W. Carter Johnson | Woodland expansion in the Platte River, Nebraska: patterns and causes. Ecological Monographs 64:45–84. |
| 1995 | Joseph R. McAuliffe | Landscape evolution, soil formation, and ecological patterns and processes in Sonoran Desert bajadas. Ecological Monographs 64:111–247. |
| 1994 | Alwyn H. Gentry | Diversity and floristic composition of lowland tropical forest in Africa and South America. In P. Goldblatt (ed.). Biological relationships between Africa and South America . Chapter 17, pp.500-547. Yale University Press, New Haven, CT (1993). |
| 1993 | Cliff R. Hupp | Riparian vegetation recovery patterns following stream channelization: a geomorphic perspective. Ecology 73:1209–1226. |
| 1992 | Peter M. Vitousek | Biological invasion by Myrica faya in Hawaii: plant demography, nitrogen fixation, ecosystem effects. Ecological Monographs 59:247–265. |
| 1991 | F. Ian Woodward | Climate and plant distribution . Cambridge University Press. |
| 1990 | James C. Ritchie | Postglacial vegetation of Canada . Cambridge University Press. |
| 1989 | David Tilman | Plant strategies and the dynamics and structure of plant communities . Princeton University Press. |
| 1988 | James S. Clark | Dynamism in the barrier-beach vegetation of Great South Beach, New York. Ecological Monographs 56:97–126. |
| 1987 | Ronald P. Neilson and Leroy H. Wullstein | Biogeography of two southwest American oaks in relation to atmospheric dynamics. Journal of Biogeography 10:275–297. |
| 1986 | Edward A. Johnson | Vegetation organization and dynamics of lichen woodland communities in the Northwest Territories, Canada. Ecology 62:200–215. |
| 1985 | William H. Romme | Fire and landscape diversity in subalpine forests of Yellowstone National Park. Ecological Monographs 52:199–221. |
E. Lucy Braun Award [policies]
The E. Lucy Braun Award is given annually for the outstanding poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society by an undergraduate or graduate student or a person with a doctorate who has completed defense of thesis within the previous nine months.
| Year | Full Name | Poster Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Tony Kovach and honorable mention to Laura Bogar |
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| 2012 | Ernane H. M. Vieira Neto | How proximity to roads influences the local spatial dynamics and population growth rates of a Neotropical herbivore. |
| 2011 | Joseph E. Fader | An empirical test of the aggregation model of coexistence and consequences for coexistence of container-dwelling Aedes mosquitoes |
| 2010 | Jenise M. Bauman | Environmental variables as predictors for ectomycorrhizal species in American chestnut (Castanea dentata) mine reclamation. |
| 2009 | Emily Farrer | The balance of positive and negative interactions in driving community dynamics. |
| 2008 | Jacquelyn L. Gill |
Investigating biotic drivers of Quaternary landscape change: Late Glacial no-analog vegetation communities and the North American megafaunal extinction in Northeastern Indiana. |
| 2007 | Note: Award shifted to year after presentation; 2007 paper honored in 2008 | |
| 2006 | Daniel Laughlin | Climate-induced temporal variation in the productivity-diversity relationship. |
| 2005 | Phoebe L. Zarnetske | Modeling Forest Bird Species' Habitat with Extant Presence Points and Generated Pseudo-Absence Points in Utah. |
| 2004 | Pedro Flombaum | The role of biodiversity on ecosystem functioning: a removal experiment in the Patagonian steppe, Argentina. |
| 2003 | Sean T. Michaletz | A process based approach for predicting surface fire effects on trees. |
| Lina Taneva , honorable mention | ||
| 2002 | Timothy L. Dickson | Constraints on plant diversity at high productivity: isolating the role of light limitation. |
| 2001 | Antonio Golubski | Multiple partners: possible impacts on mycorrhizal community dynamics and diversity. |
| 2000 | David E. Lytle | Constraints on forest regrowth following 19th century clear-cutting and fire. |
| 1999 | Dylan Perry | Macrogeographic variation in fecundity, offspring size and host plant use in a polyphagous moth. |
| 1998 | Kara L. Webster | The population dynamics of limber pine (Pinus flexilis) in the Southern Canadian Rocky Mountains. |
| 1997 | Caren C. Dymond | Subalpine community composition along topographically modeled resource gradients in a South Eastern Canadian Rockies watershed. |
| 1996 | Andrew P. Beckerman | Mechanistic competition experiments: an included niche scenario for two grasshopper species in an old field community. |
| 1995 | Stephan M. Ogle Mark D. Bowen , honorable mention |
Exotic plant invasion and ecosystem features at Wind Cave National Park in South Dakota. |
| 1994 | Karen L. Kandl Rebecca A. Young, honorable mention |
Inbreeding, family, and genotype affect environmental tolerance of mosquitofish. Bulletin 75 (Suppl): 105. |
| 1993 | Rebecca A. Reed Stephen B. Heard, honorable mention |
Nutrient supply available to species colonizing gaps in chalk grassland. Bulletin 74 (Suppl): 404. |
| 1992 | Jennifer H. Mattei Shuijin Hu , honorable mention Janet A. Morrison, honorable mention |
Cost and benefits of chemical defense production in Brassica cultivars. Bulletin 73 (Suppl): 264. |
| 1991 | Amy Daum Rosemond Brian S. Pederson, honorable mention |
An autumnal shift from herbivory to detritivory in a woodland stream and the consequent effects on the algae. Bulletin 72 (Suppl): 234. |
| 1990 | Barbara A. Roy Bruce K. Orr, honorable mention |
Pollinator theft by a fungus. Bulletin 71(Suppl): 309. |
| 1989 | Silvia I. Strauss-Debenedetti Diane M. Cinquemeni , honorable mention |
Responses to light in tropical Moraceae of different successional stages. Bulletin 70 (Suppl): 274. |
| 1988 | Nancy L. Munn G.I. Fryer, honorable mention |
Substrate-specific nutrient uptake in two small streams: an intersite comparison. Abstract not published |
Corporate Award [policies]
The Corporate Award is given to a corporation or business (or a division, program or individual of such) for demonstrated accomplishments in incorporating sound ecological concepts, knowledge, and/or practices into its planning and operating procedures. To be eligible, an organization must have a primary mission other than the accomplishment for which the award is to be given. Under special circumstances an "Award of Special Recognition" may be given to a corporation or business or for a program that does not fit the established criteria, but is still deemed to be deserving of recognition.
| Year | Name | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | ||
| 2012 | ||
| 2011 | No award | |
| 2010 | No award | |
| 2009 | No award | |
| 2008 | No award | |
| 2007 | Ray Anderson, Interface, Inc. | |
| 2006 | Straus Family Creamery | Stewardship of Land Resources |
| 2005 | Bon Appétit Management Company | |
| 2004 | Taylor Guitar Company | Sustainability of biological resources in terrestrial environments |
| 2003 | Norm Thompson Outfitters | Amelioration of risks from hazardous and toxic substances |
| 2002 | Adam Davis | EPRI Solutions, San Rafael, CA. (Category: Resource Recovery and Recycling |
| 2002 | Corporate Special Recognition Award Department of Utilities and Energy Management, Cornell University |
Resource Recovery and Recycling |
| 2001 | Weyerhaeuser Corporation British Columbia: Coastal Group and Forest Project team. | Stewardship of Land Resources |
| 2000 | Bill Baker, Environmental Specialist, Reliant Energy, Houston, TX. | Environmental Education |
| 2000 | Corporate Special Recognition Award Organization for Tropical Studies |
Environmental Education |
| 1999 | Humboldt Water Resources | Sustainability of biological resources in aquatic environments |
| 1998 | Precious Woods, Ltd. | Sustainability of biological resources in terrestrial environments |
| 1997 | Envirogen | Amelioration of risks from hazardous and toxic substances |
| 1996 | SEMASS Partnership | Resource Recovery and Recycling |
| 1995 | Westvaco Corporation (Southern Region) | tewardship of Land Resources |
| 1994 | Toyota TAPESTRY Program , Toyota Motor Sales USA, and the National Science Teachers Association. | Environmental Education |
| 1993 | Tampa Electric Company , Tampa, FL & Lewis Environmental Services, Tampa, FL. | Sustainability of biological resources in aquatic environments |
| 1993 | Corporate Special Recognition Award Wetland Research, Inc ., Chicago, IL |
Sustainability of biological resources in aquatic environments |
| 1992 | Pacific Gas and Electric Company , San Francisco, CA | Sustainability of biological resources in terrestrial environments |
| 1991 | No award | Amelioration of risks from hazardous and toxic substances |
| 1990 | Norcal Solid Waste Systems, Inc., San Francisco, CA. | Resource Recovery and Recycling |
| 1989 | No award | Stewardship of Land Resources |
| 1988 | Public Broadcasting Service | Environmental Education |
Eugene P. Odum Award for Excellence in Ecological Education (2000 - )
The Eugene P. Odum Award recognizes an ecologist for outstanding work in ecology education. Through teaching, outreach, and mentoring activities, recipients of this award have demonstrated their ability to relate basic ecological principles to human affairs.
| Year | Full Name | Date of Birth - Date of Death |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Martin B. Main | |
| 2012 | Charlene D'Avanzo | |
| 2011 | John C. Moore | |
| 2010 | Kenneth M. Klemow | |
| 2009 | Christine Flanagan | |
| 2008 | Stuart Fisher | |
| 2007 | Carol Ann Brewer | August 19, 1958 - |
| 2006 | Claudia Lewis | |
| 2005 | James W. Porter | |
| 2004 | Richard Bruce Root | September 7, 1936 - January 22, 2013 |
| 2003 | Alan R. Berkowitz | April 7, 1955 - |
| 2002 | Margaret D. Lowman | December 23, 1953 - |
| 2001 | James Hemphill Brown | September 25, 1942- |
| 2000 | Peter Feinsinger |
Sustainability Science Award
The Sustainability Science Award of the Ecological Society of America recognizes the authors of the peer reviewed paper published in the past five years that makes the greatest contribution to the emerging science of ecosystem and regional sustainability through the integration of ecological and social sciences. One of the most pressing challenges facing humanity is the sustainability of important ecological, social and cultural processes in the face of changes in the forces that shape ecosystems and regions. Unprecedented directional changes in climate, human population, technology and social and economic institutions alter the structure and functioning of current ecological and social systems. The Sustainability Science Award recognizes the role that science can contribute to addressing these challenges.
| Year | Full Name | Paper Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Pamela Matson | Seeds of sustainability: Lessons from the birthplace of the green revolution. (book) |
| 2012 | R. S. Reid et al. | Evolution of models to support community and policy action with science: Balancing pastoral livelihoods and wildlife conservation in savannas of East Africa. (2009) in PNAS |
| 2011 | Boris Worm and coauthors | Rebuilding Global Fisheries. Science 325:578–585 |
| 2010 | Martin Lindegren, Christian Möllmann, Anders Nielsen, and Nils C. Stenseth | Preventing the collapse of the Baltic cod stock through an ecosystem-based management approach. Proceedings, National Academy of Sciences. 106:14722-14727 |
| 2009 | B. L. Turner and coauthors. | Land change science special feature. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104:20666-20701. |
| 2008 | F. Stuart Chapin III | Policy strategies to address sustainability of Alaskan boreal forests in response to a directionally changing climate. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2005. 103: 16637-16643). |
| 2007 | Terry Yates | The ecology and evolutionary history of an emergent disease: Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome. BioScience 2002. 52: 989-998 |
| 2006 | Millennium Assessment Team (Director Walter V. Reid), Packard Foundation | Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. 2005. Ecosystems and Human Well-Being: Synthesis. Island Press, Washington. |
| 2005 | Thomas Dietz, Elinor Ostrom, and Paul Stern | The struggle to govern the commons. Science 302: 1907-1912. |
| 2004 | Marten Scheffer, Steve Carpenter, Jonathan Foley, Carl Folke, and Brian Walker | Catastrophic shifts in ecosystems. Nature 413: 591-596. |
